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enSelling 79/63 Materialshttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/selling-7963-materials
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Long time no see WSO community -</p>
<p>I'm moving to a new apartment and, in getting rid of the stuff that I've accumulated over the past couple of years, came across my STC and Knopman <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/series-79-exam">Series 79</a></span> and Series 63 study materials.</p></div></div></div>Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:48:18 +0000DonVon265890 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comFulsome Book on M&Ahttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/fulsome-book-on-ma
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Friends,</p>
<p>I've been gone for a while, but hopefully not forgotten.</p>
<p>Looking for your advice with respect to a book that both explains the M&amp;A process, walks through a merger model _and_ through purchase accounting / asset write-ups / transaction structures / reverse double dummies, etc.</p>
<p>Recognizing there are a lot of books out there on Leveraged Buyouts (recent Pignataro book) and valuation (also Pignataro book), I haven't been able to find something that goes through the M&amp;A process step by step, as I personally find merger modeling and the weird accounting mumbo-jumbo that goes hand-in-hand with mergers to be the most difficult (and I feel like most Analysts don't really ever have to deal with these topics as the work is heavily <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/finance-dictionary/what-is-a-leveraged-buyout-LBO">LBO</a></span> / valuation centered).</p>
<p>Thanks much!</p>
<p>DV</p>
</div></div></div>Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:41:46 +0000DonVon221885 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comHow To Wear A Suit, Courtesy of Arden Reedhttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/how-to-wear-a-suit-courtesy-of-arden-reed
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/how-to-wear-a-suit-courtesy-of-arden-reed"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/pictures/picture-327186.jpg?itok=_-tPiDom" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Being that we are currently in the middle of Summer Analyst recruitment, I'm sure a lot of people out there have questions about an extremely important, but often-overlooked, aspect of interviewing: <strong>your <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suit</a></span>.</strong></p>
<p>Now, there are a billion threads about <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suits</a></span>, accessories, whether you should wear your Patek or Rolex with your Brioni <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suit</a></span>, etc etc etc here on WallStreetOasis. <em>Generally advice in these threads comes from people who are mid-puberty and have never seen a Patek, but I digress.</em> In any case, today we'll have some information about <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suits</a></span> from people who really know a thing or two -- <strong>our good friends at <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">Arden Reed</a></span>.</strong></p>
</div></div></div>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:30:00 +0000DonVon172589 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comWhy doesn't anyone actually like NYC?http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/why-doesnt-anyone-actually-like-nyc
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/why-doesnt-anyone-actually-like-nyc"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/New-York-12.jpg?itok=CtiRmM8b" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>My group isn't in NYC, but when we work alongside our product group counterparts telephonically -- essentially every single day -- everyone in the NYC office loves to tell me how good I've got it because I'm not in the city.</p>
<p>And I'll admit, I love being in a smaller city, I love paying reasonable prices for food, gas and rent, and I love being able to drive to Wal-Mart to buy everything under the sun without having to worry about items being sold out because I live in an extremely overcrowded city.</p>
<p>But whenever I visit NYC <strong>it's always totally awesome.</strong></p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:00 +0000DonVon196361 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comUPDATE: Hipsters in Financehttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/update-hipsters-in-finance
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/update-hipsters-in-finance"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/brick-lane-hipsters-728706.jpg?itok=3YfwtD_r" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Oh WSO, how I've matured since I wrote <a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/hipsters-in-finance">this now infamous post</a> that even made it to Business Insider <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/true-confessions-i-am-a-hipster-who-wants-to-be-an-investment-banker-2012-4#comments">and even elicited some pretty funny responses.</a></p>
<p>Yeah, it was kind of a troll post, but maybe 10% of it had some element of meaningful substance -- <strong>what is a hipster to do in the finance world?</strong></p>
<p>I guess now I'm qualified to tell you.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0000DonVon195637 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comWhere do you guys buy slacks?http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/where-do-you-guys-buy-slacks
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>My office is fairly laid-back and we're business casual...haven't ever seen anyone wear a <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suit</a></span> or even a tie.</p>
<p>That said, I don't know where the hell to buy slacks. I have two tailored <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://newyork.ardenreed.com/wso/">suits</a></span> and I wear the pants from those, but I need 2 more pairs of slacks that fit "normal" people sizes. If I go to the department store, everything seems to fit someone who is on the 15K calorie diet.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:08:46 +0000DonVon195624 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comExcel Stuff to Learn Before Your Summer Startshttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/excel-stuff-to-learn-before-your-summer-starts
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/excel-stuff-to-learn-before-your-summer-starts"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/excel.png?itok=Ln4x556R" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm no <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://wallstreetprep.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=2&amp;aff_id=1000&amp;source=InText">Excel</a></span> expert by any stretch of the imagination, but here's a brief discussion of things you might want to familiarize yourselves with before starting your Summer Analyst stint. Please feel free to add to this list -- <strong>I know I could use some <span class="keyword_link"><a href="http://wallstreetprep.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=2&amp;aff_id=1000&amp;source=InText">Excel</a></span> training too!</strong></p>
<p>With that out of the way, let's Control + Page-down to the next part of this discussion...</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0000DonVon194824 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comGuys, I'm throwing in the towel...http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/guys-im-throwing-in-the-towel
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/guys-im-throwing-in-the-towel"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/quit-299x300.jpg?itok=WY88FVmC" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Chasing the investment banking dream for well over a year now, I'm ready to fold. This is too much, it's too hard, and everyone is too smart -- I'm giving up to become an organic farmer, my long-time true calling (shout-out to people on the site who have helped me find my true way).</p>
<p>Regular folk like me are meant to be regular folk -- <strong>you all have fun making your money and stealing from the poor to give to the rich.</strong></p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0000DonVon192763 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comBankers: Try This Diethttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/bankers-try-this-diet
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/bankers-try-this-diet"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/T_bone_steak_by_erwinova.jpg?itok=asJoxvmx" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As many of you know, banking is hard on the mind and soul, but in its most brutal and unnerving form: <strong>it wrecks your body.</strong> Whether you're on Seamless, ordering in, or getting reimbursed for all of your meals, the fact of the matter is that it's difficult to pass up on that delicious steak -- every single day -- when you know you aren't paying for it.</p>
<p>But pass up you must, or in a year when you head in for your physical, the doctor will wonder whether the nurse pulled up the right chart.</p>
<p>Here's one way to do it: <strong>eat literally nothing.</strong> That's right -- nothing.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:30:00 +0000DonVon191804 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.comInvestment Banking Survival Kithttp://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/investment-banking-survival-kit
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/investment-banking-survival-kit"><img src="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/files/styles/medium/public/images/zombie.jpg?itok=2hKbdcYj" width="220" height="179" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Most people on WSO aspire to spend a lot of time in the office -- it's just the nature of the beast. But if your office becomes your home, for all intents and purposes, it's important to have your physical work area be one of the positives, <strong>not a negative.</strong></p>
<p>It's also very important to have immediate access to many convenient things while you're sitting in your cubicle for 14 hours a day -- saving time not looking for stuff makes you just that much closer to being able to call it a night and get some shut-eye.</p>
<p>Ergo, the <strong>Investment Banking Survival Kit.</strong></p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:30:11 +0000DonVon190555 at http://www.wallstreetoasis.com